Economic evaluation alongside the Speed of Increasing milk Feeds Trial (SIFT).

Warda TahirMark MonahanJon DorlingOliver HewerUrsula BowlerLouise LinsellChristopher PartlettJanet Elizabeth BerringtonElaine M BoyleNicolas EmbletonSamantha JohnsonAlison LeafKenny McCormickWilliam McGuireBen J StensonEd JuszczakTracy E Roberts

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2020)

The stochastic cost-effectiveness analysis shows faster feeds are broadly equivalent on cost grounds. However, in terms of outcomes at 24 months age (corrected for prematurity), faster feeds are harmful. Faster feeds should not be recommended on either cost or effectiveness grounds to achieve the primary outcome.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
clinical trial
preterm infants
study protocol
phase ii
low birth weight